Hockey sticks, wine and cement: New Trump tariffs against Canada

US President Donald Trump increases the pressure in the trade dispute with Canada and announces new additional tariffs amounting to 50 percent to. According to the White House, a wide range of goods imported into the USA are affected – as examples were given Hockey sticks, wine and cement called. The US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Monday that the new tariffs will apply to about $20 billion worth of imports from Canada.

According to a statement from the White House, the US is responding “to Canada’s discriminatory treatment of American products.” The tariffs are scheduled to take effect 30 days after signing, according to the proclamation 19. August. With the tariffs, Trump wants to improve the conditions for the export of American cars.

The USA and Canada have been arguing for a long time

The new tariffs are another twist in the trade dispute between the two neighboring countries. Trump has repeatedly accused Canada and other countries around the world of having a trade imbalance to the detriment of the USA. Tariffs are a important instrument of his second term in officet as US President.

However, Trump had to backtrack on his tariff policy after a ruling by the Supreme Court in the USA, which banned him, citing a Emergency law tariffs on imports of goods from many countries. Since then, the president has tried alternative ways to enforce tariffs. In the past it also happened that he threatened tariffs but then did not implement them.

Trump is angry with Canada – because of the forest fires

A few days ago, Trump threatened Canada with higher tariffs for a different reason. He wrote on his platform Truth Social that the USA is through Forest fires caused air pollution high costs would arise. Therefore, these costs would “inevitably” have to be added to existing tariffs Canadian imports be added.

There were clouds of smoke in large parts of the northeastern United States last week after dozens of forests burned in neighboring Canada. In the capital Washington, a warning was issued to residents about poor air quality on Friday. There was a burning smell in the air.

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